Worst Gadgets Of 2014

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HP SlateBook 14

 

If Chromebooks are supposed to be lightweight, cheap laptops using a lightweight OS, then HP went one better by equipping its SlateBook 14with Android. But it's not better than getting a Chromebook or a Windows machine, not by a long shot. It's a nice piece of hardware, with solid battery life and a comfy keyboard. However, lots of laptops can offer that -- the reason to specifically buy a SlateBook 14 is for the unique experience of having Android on a laptop. That said, you shouldn't buy it. Android is really meant to be touched and you will want to touch the screen, making the keyboard and trackpad superfluous most of the time. Just purchase an Android tablet and a detachable keyboard for those few occasions when you do need to do some heavy typing; you'll get a much better experience for roughly the same cost, if not less. $430 is just too much to spend on our lowest-rated product of 2014.

Price: $380 (but don't say we didn't warn you)

 

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iBuyPower SBX

 

Valve was supposed to take over your living room in 2014 with SteamOS, adding PC games to your entertainment center in an attractive and easy-to-use package that could compete with dedicated game consoles. Now we're closing out the year and SteamOS is nowhere to be seen, and all the companies who announced Steam Machines a year ago are left holding the bag. Rather than just continue to wait around, a few have decided to release their products anyway. But, without the custom-designed SteamOS to back things up, the iBuyPower SBX feels half-baked. It looks like a console but still acts like a PC, with plenty of pop-ups and errors to break the illusion for anyone who was thinking they'd be replacing their Xbox or PlayStation. That is, if the fact that you have to use a mouse and keyboard to control the SBX didn't already make that clear.

Price: $399 and up

 

 

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Microsoft Band

 

Some wearable devices are content to be simplefitness trackers; others aspire to feed you as much information as possible, kind of like a wrist-worn smartphone. Then there are products like the Microsoft Band, a fitness device at heart that can also deliver notifications from your handset. The included features are pretty great; the Band has a lot more sensors than your typical activity tracker, including GPS, heart rate and even ultraviolet light. But being crammed full of features comes at a cost: The Microsoft Band is incredibly uncomfortable, thanks to an inflexible loop that makes us feel like we're under house arrest.

Price: $280 and up

 

 

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ZTE Sprint LivePro

 

It's a projector! It's a mobile hotspot! It's a media player! The ZTE Sprint LivePro can do all this and more, but the one thing it's not is Superman. That is to say, it doesn't do any of these things very well, though it'll certainly do in a pinch -- as long as that pinch doesn't last longer than an hour and a half, which is about how long the battery can manage in projector mode. But with a native resolution of 854 x 480, you really won't want to watch any movies on this thing, especially with the built-in fan drowning out the sound. While there are certainly a few travelers who could use a device that can pull double-duty in a portable package, a steep price of $300 on-contract with Sprint means the ZTE LivePro will be nobody's hero.

Price: $250 (on-contract)

 

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Samsung Gear S

 

2014 was without a doubt the year of the smartwatch, buoyed by the release of Android Wear and a slew of devices built to run it. TheGear S isn't one of those products; it's instead based on Tizen. From there, it further sets itself apart from other Samsung Gear devices in that it can be used as a full-fledged phone. But would you want to? Sure, it's comfortable, but it's also super chunky -- like wearing a shrunken-downGalaxy S5 on your wrist. You can talk to it Dick Tracy-style and it works pretty well, but you won't be tossing your handset just yet: You can't activate the smartwatch, install apps on it or even get notifications on the Gear S without a phone. As it stands, the Gear S might be a conversation piece, but you're better off taking your conversations elsewhere.

Price: $200

 

 

 

[arshad]

Aa perlendira ayya... BAND, GEAR, SLATE...

[narap1i]

Aa list lo ina samsung vaadu undalsindhe ga.....ulfa gaadu.....

[puli_keka]

 

3) 

 

Microsoft Band

 

Some wearable devices are content to be simplefitness trackers; others aspire to feed you as much information as possible, kind of like a wrist-worn smartphone. Then there are products like the Microsoft Band, a fitness device at heart that can also deliver notifications from your handset. The included features are pretty great; the Band has a lot more sensors than your typical activity tracker, including GPS, heart rate and even ultraviolet light. But being crammed full of features comes at a cost: The Microsoft Band is incredibly uncomfortable, thanks to an inflexible loop that makes us feel like we're under house arrest.

Price: $280 and up

 

no marketing, no results ki perfect example 

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lol ..

[k2s]

no marketing, no results ki perfect example 

[Hyderabad_Nawab]

no marketing, no results ki perfect example 

Devvvvvuda.. Marketing chesi unte unna Ijjath poyedhi..intelligent decision.

[rikki]

sad manodi 1st project ela iyindi

[Gajji_maraja]

nuvvu edhi konav ankul 

 

 

[k2s]

nuvvu edhi konav ankul 

 

 

none

[Gajji_maraja]

none

 

poni nuvvu kona vatilo worst edho cheppu 

 

[k2s]

poni nuvvu kona vatilo worst edho cheppu 

 

[Gajji_maraja]

 

poni nuvvu kona vatilo worst edho cheppu 

 

 

 

good taste

 

 

[k2s]

good taste

 

 

walmart lo thanx giving sale ki konna......... waste ani return ichesa.........  sFun_duh

[Gajji_maraja]

walmart lo thanx giving sale ki konna......... waste ani return ichesa.........  sFun_duh

 

 

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